Assessing gastrointestinal symptoms and perception, quality of life, motility, and autonomic neuropathy in clinical studies

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-211

  Portincasa, Piero ^a   Maggipinto, Annamaria ^a   Berardino, Massimo ^a   Bonfrate, Leonilde ^a   Costin, Simona ^b   Todarello, Orlando ^a   Palasciano, Giuseppe ^a   Wang, David Q H ^c   Dumitrascu, Dan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic neuropathy; Gastrointestinal symptoms; Irritable bowel syndrome; Motility; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; BUSS DURKEE HOSTILITY INVENTORY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTIPATION; COOK MEDLEY HOSTILITY SCALE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPEPSIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC BURNING; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS SCINTISCANNING; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; IRRITABILITY; IRRITABILITY, DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY SCALE; IRRITABLE COLON; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SATIETY; SHORT FORM 36; SOMATIZATION; SWEAT TEST; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TORONTO ALEXYTHIMIA SCALE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70149106015     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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